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Kennedy Space Center '''Launch Complex 48''' ('''LC-48''') is |
Kennedy Space Center '''Launch Complex 48''' ('''LC-48''') is a planned multi-user launch site for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located between [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39A|Launch Complex 39A]] and [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41|Space Launch Complex 41]], with LC-39A to the north and SLC-41 to the south.<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48">{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Emre |title=Meet Launch Complex 48, NASA's new small rocket pad at Kennedy Space Center |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/06/14/meet-launch-complex-48-nasa-new-pad-kennedy-space-center-florida/1408175001/ |website=Florida Today |accessdate=7 January 2020 |language=en |date=14 June 2019}}</ref> LC-48 will be constructed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. While initially only planned to have a single pad, the complex is capable of being expanded to two at a later date.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|pp=ii-iii|loc=Proposed Action}} |
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NASA had previously constructed [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39C|LC-39C]] within the bounds of [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39B|LC-39B]] with the purpose of serving small launchers, but the operational constraints of sharing the site on a non-interference basis with both the [[Space Launch System]] and [[OmegA]] launch vehicles, along with greater interest by commercial parties than originally anticipated, led NASA to pursue the construction of a dedicated launch site for this class of vehicles.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|p=4|loc=1.3 Purpose and Need for Action}} |
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* {{cite book |title=Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48 |date=19 February 2019 |publisher=NASA |url=https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/LC%2048%20Environmental%20Assessment%20with%20Appendices_02.19.2019.pdf |accessdate=7 January 2020 |ref={{SfnRef|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019}} |language=en}} |
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* [https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/index.html Exploration Ground Systems website] at NASA.gov |
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* [https://masterplan.ksc.nasa.gov/ Kennedy Space Center Master Plan] at KSC.NASA.gov |
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* [https://www.spaceflorida.gov/spaceport-development/ Spaceport Development – Space Florida] at SpaceFlorida.gov |
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A render of Boeing's XS-1 Phantom Express launch vehicle on LC-48
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 48 (LC-48) is a planned multi-user launch site for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located between Launch Complex 39A and Space Launch Complex 41, with LC-39A to the north and SLC-41 to the south.[1] LC-48 will be constructed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. While initially only planned to have a single pad, the complex is capable of being expanded to two at a later date.[2]
NASA had previously constructed LC-39C within the bounds of LC-39B with the purpose of serving small launchers, but the operational constraints of sharing the site on a non-interference basis with both the Space Launch System and OmegA launch vehicles, along with greater interest by commercial parties than originally anticipated, led NASA to pursue the construction of a dedicated launch site for this class of vehicles.[3]
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